Date: Sat, 08 Nov 2003 07:28:45 +0000
From: Krys T
Subject: Dealing With It 4
Thank you to all those who've come back to continue reading
this. I know it took along time for this chapter to come
out, but 5 and 6 are on their way and should arrive shortly.
If you've read the previous chapters, you've been over all
the legal shit, so I'm not gonna waste my time saying it
again. If you're not suppose to be here, leave.
Otherwise, enjoy
Chapter 4
Zane
When Ciana had asked me to meet her at Lucas', I never
expected her to ask me to help her with the set up and
chaperoning of a dance. She had told me before that she
volunteered at the local youth home and often set up events
for the kids living there. I listened while she explained
that she needed people to help her set up for a Halloween
dance and to keep the kids in check as well as keep the
trouble makers out. After agreeing, the others, including
Caelum, left pretty quickly, each claiming they had
somewhere important to be, which left Ciana and me alone.
"I have something else I wanted to ask you, Zane," she
started. I glanced at her. Her expression was pensive as she
stared down into her glass. "As much as I need you to help
with the others, I need you to do something else for me."
"What?" I asked. I was starting to wonder what she needed.
"I need you to be my date." I couldn't help but stare at
her. She had to be joking.
She looked up at me, her grey eyes clouded. "I know this
must be a shock, but I really want you to go with me.
There's only one other person I would go with and I already
know that he won't go with me. Since you really don't know
anyone here yet, I kinda figured it would be a good
experience. And I was hoping you wouldn't mind going with
me." She was rambling now, her nervousness showing in the
constant movement of her fingers of the table top. I
realized this was the first time I had seen Ciana unsure of
herself.
"Um. I guess I wouldn't mind taking you. That's if you
really want me to?" I answered hesitantly. Why the hell was
I agreeing to this, too? I really needed my head examined.
Ciana smiled at me, her eyes clear and worry free.
"Okay then, meet me at my house tomorrow morning around
seven." With that disarming way of hers, she quickly sealed
my fate and left me sitting bewildered at what had happened.
Saturday morning. Dawn. Clear, cool, and way too early. I
dragged myself out of bed and into the shower, hoping I
would wake up before I reached Ciana's house so that I
wouldn't pledge myself to something else unaware. I remember
the shock I felt when I realized that Ciana only lived a
couple of blocks away from my house. Since she was in
walking distance, I chose to walk instead of drive. I had no
clue why she wanted me to come over, but I had a feeling
that I wasn't going to like it.
Ciana met me at the door, a sleepy smile gracing her face.
"Glad you could make it," she laughed as she pulled me into
the house. I followed her through the dark house, noting
what I could with the lack of light. There was a living room
to the left, just inside the front door and a staircase
leading up to the right. Straight ahead, which was where she
was leading me, was a large kitchen. When we entered the
kitchen, I noticed another room to the left. It looked large
in the darkness and held a long table. I though it was
strange considering there was a table in the kitchen. On the
right were a couple of doors and a small hallway.
"Glass of juice?" Ciana asked as we stopped in the kitchen.
I nodded. When she finished, she gestured for me to follow
her. She moved to one of the doors, opened it, and. I found
myself looking down a long staircase. Ciana started down it
and I had no choice but to follow. I had a feeling that I
was heading to her room, and I began to panic as I realized
I didn't know what she wanted me here for this morning. The
further down the stairs we moved, the greater my panic grew,
and I was a nervous wreck when we reached the bottom. The
panic started to ebb a little as I found myself in a small
living room. It was done in a forest theme; greens and
browns mixed together to give it a very natural feel. As I
began to relax, I started looking around. There were two
couches, one on each side of the room, a rocking arm chair,
a floor pillow and a very impressive entertainment system.
Two desks sat side by side next to the entertainment system.
There were also two doors. One was open and I could see that
it was a bathroom, the other door was closed, and Ciana was
heading right toward it. I started to panic again as I
realized I had been right, it was her room I was heading
into.
When I entered the room, my panic was momentarily forgotten.
To begin with, the room was huge. One side of it was a mix
of purples edged in black. The walls were royal purple,
trimmed in black, and there was a black dresser with softer
purple drawers. A queen size bed sat next to the dresser, a
lilac comforter covering it. There were pictures all over
the walls and dresser, and I recognized some of the people
in them from school. Anthony was in a couple of them.
Somehow, I knew this part of the room was Ciana's. The other
side of the room was done in blues and greys, again edged in
black. It was almost the same except for the colours, and
instead of photos there was artwork. I didn't know if they
were done by famous painters, but they were all beautiful. A
few I wanted to study closer, because it looked as if there
was something else, something more to them, but my attention
was diverted to the bed. Again, this bed was queen size. The
difference was, this bed was occupied.
I stared at the shape stretched across that bed, hidden
beneath the thick covers. I knew it was Caelum, and part of
me wanted to run over there and rip the blanket off; to see
his body up close. I ignored that part. It was hard, but I
managed to turn away from the lump that was Caelum and focus
on Ciana. She was searching the room for something and
obviously wasn't finding it. I watched as she growled lowly
before running and leaping onto Caelum's bed.
"Where's the laptop?" she asked him. I couldn't hear his
reply; I could only hear the rumble of his voice. He
shifted, the blanket sliding off of one of his legs, and I
stared at the expanse of flesh revealed. "What's it doing
there!?" Ciana exclaimed, jumping off the bed and searching
underneath it. With a flourish she pulled out the laptop and
headed back over to where I stood by her bed.
"What's that for?" I asked as we sat on the edge of her bed.
She had opened the computer up and was waiting for it to
finish booting up.
"The others are gonna do the grunt work. You and I are gonna
do the creative work. That and you get to help me design the
costumes." I started to laugh before I realized she was
serious. We sat there as she explained that the dance was a
costume ball due to the whole Halloween thing. On the
laptop, she showed me some of the ideas she had for the
background and table settings. By the time we got to the
costumes, we were both stretched out on the bed, and I had
forgotten why I panicked in the first place.
Caelum
I moaned as his lips slid across my chest, licking, nibbling
at my nipples before continuing down to taste the skin of my
stomach. A warm, wet tongue traced the curves and contours
of my abs, teeth pulling gently on the hair of my trail
before following it down. Soft lips parted and took me into
a hot mouth. . . I ground myself into the bed beneath me,
trying to relieve some of the pressure building in me. I
knew whose lips and tongue I was dreaming of, the same
person whose hands I imagine touching me when I jack off.
Zane. It always seemed to come down to him.
I heard Ciana leave the room, and I drifted back into an
uneasy sleep. I don't know how much time passed, but I heard
the familiar growl of my sister before she launched herself
onto my bed.
"Where's the laptop?" she asked.
"Under the bed, I think," I replied.
"What's it doing there?" I gave no reply, and I know she
didn't expect one. I felt her get off the bed and could hear
her searching under it. Once she moved away from it, I
quickly fell back to sleep.
I awoke to quiet laughter from Ci's side of the room. I
recognized my twin's throaty chuckle, but I couldn't place
the other laugh. Pushing down the covers, I looked over to
see the guy of my fantasy stretched out on Ci's bed beside
her. They were looking at something on the laptop and
laughing about it. I must have made some noise as I got up,
because both looked toward me and laughed even harder. I
watched as Zane flushed red, and I blushed as well when I
realized I was hard as a rock, and my boxers did nothing to
hide the fact. Walking quickly, I headed toward the
bathroom, but I still managed to catch the sound of Ci
giggling. Instead of going back to the bedroom, I headed
upstairs to get some breakfast. I really didn't want to be
faced with Zane again before I was ready for him. Seeing him
in my room after the dream I'd had was almost more than I
could bear, and I had spent a few extra minutes in the
bathroom to relieve the problem his presence had caused.
I was sitting at the kitchen table eating some cereal when
they both came upstairs laughing. Ci giggled even more when
she looked at me, and Zane blushed again. I did my best to
ignore them as Ci led him to the front door. When he left,
she came back over to the table and sat beside me.
"Nice dreams?" she asked laughingly as she stole my
breakfast. I didn't answer her.
"Come on, you gotta admit it was funny."
"Real funny," I grumbled. "How would you like it if you woke
up and Anthony was in the room?"
She shot me an evil look. "Been there, done that. Remember?"
She was right. I had forgotten all the times Anthony had
come over early in the morning or had spent the night.
"Sorry. I just don't like surprises like that," I
apologized.
"My bad anyway," she said, "I forgot to tell you he was
coming over. Anyway, if you had told me you have the hots
for him, I might have warned to you to sleep with more
clothes on."
"How'd you know?" I asked softly, trying not to look at her.
"I know you bro; I've always known who you like. Most of the
time before you do," she told me. That was true, but it was
still unnerving. "Besides, Anthony mentioned your reaction
to him in the locker room last week." I had to laugh at
that, I knew Anthony would tell Ci, he was the biggest
gossip in the whole school.
"That figures," I said, standing up. "What's up for the rest
of the day?"
"Nada, just gonna do some homework. Might head over to
Lucas' later though," she replied as she finished off my
cereal. "Mom won't be home tonight, so we're on our own for
supper." I nodded and headed downstairs to change.
I spent the day playing some ball at the court near my house
before heading home for a quick shower. When I got home, Ci
was waiting for me. "Gonna come to L's with me?" she asked.
"Guess so," I told her. She just smiled that mischievous
little smile of hers before starting to get ready to leave.
We arrived at Lucas' shortly after 8 pm and, as usual, the
place was packed. Anthony and the boys spotted us and waved
us over. We spent the time as normal, joking, eating and
laughing. But I couldn't seem to pay attention to anything.
My mind kept replaying the blush that ran over Zane's face
this morning. As distracted as I was, I still noticed the
looks that Anthony kept throwing my way.
"Wanna talk about it?" he asked softly. I shook my head no.
I wasn't sure if there was something to talk about yet, so
no need to worry about it. He sighed and turned to Ci. She
threw me a startled look and the two of them excused
themselves and left the table.
"What was that about?" Rich asked.
"It's A and Ci, do they need an excuse?" I joked. Everyone
laughed, but I couldn't help but wonder what they needed to
talk about.
When they returned, Ciana was wearing a small smile. Not her
normal evil grin, but a smile that proclaimed, louder than
words, that she had a secret that she wasn't gonna share. I
knew better than to ask, so I ignored it and forced my
attention to the antics of my friends. I forced my thoughts
away from a certain guy as well. Or at least I tried to.
Somehow I made it through the gathering and back home to my
bed and dreams of Zane.